Gate.



No. 832,275. PATENTED OCT. 2, 1906. L. 'REIDEL.

GATE.

APPLiOATION FILED JUNE 28, 1906.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GATE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 2, 1906.

Application filed June 28,1906. Serial No. 323,967.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LOUIS REIDEL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Tampico, in the county of WVhiteside and State of Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gates and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in gates; and theobject of the invention is to produce a simple and efficient device ofthis nature comprising a swinging post mounted in a suitable socket andprovided with a flange the under surface of which is recessed out andadapted to fit over the marginal edge of the socket member and in theprovision of a frame projecting from one side of the post and in which asecond gate is adapted to be pivotally mounted.

My invention comprises various details of construction and combinationsand arrangements of parts, which will be hereinafter fully described andthen specifically defined in the appended claim.

I illustrate my invention in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure1 is a side elevation of my improved gate, and Fig. 2 is a sectionalview on line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, Adesignates a socket member, which may be made of cement, metal, or othermaterial and projecting a slight distance above the surface of theground and adapted to receive the post B, the lower end of which isrounded and adapted to be swivelly mounted within said socket member.

C designates a flange which is circular in outline and preferablytapered upon its upper surface to shed water, and the under surface ofthe said flange is provided with a recess D, which is of sufficientdiameter to fit over the upper edge of said socket member, therebypreventing rain, snow, or ice from getting into the socket member.Projecting from one side of the post is the usual gate E, adapted to beheld closed by means of a latch F, carried by the post H. Projectingfrom the opposite side of the post is a rectangular outlined frame K,which when the gate is closed is positioned adjacent to the post L.

N designates hooks which are fastened to the post and upon which a smallgate O is hinged, which is adapted to swing within the rectangular frameK, and a suitable latch O is mounted upon the gate O, whereby said gatemay be held to the upright portions of the frame K in a closed relation.

From the foregoing it will be noted that by the provision of my improvedgate means is afforded whereby the two gates may be swung together whenit is desired to allow a wagon to pass through, or in the event of itsnot being desired to swing the gate E the gate O may be utilizedindependent thereof for pedestrians.

What I claim is In combination with a socket member, provided with acylindrical outlined recess there in, a post having a central coreextending into said recess and an angular groove about said core adaptedto receive the upper end of said socket member, a fixed gate projectingfrom one side of the post and a hinged gate mounted upon the other sidethereof, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence oftwo Witnesses.

LOUIS REIDEL.

Witnesses CARL LORENZEN, G. MATHIS.

